SHIKARPUR: An independent candidate from NA-193, Shikarpur, withdrew in favour of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl’s (JUI-F) candidate Rashid Mahmood Soomro.
The independent candidate announced his support for the JUI-F’s candidate at a public gathering. Addressing the gathering, Rashid Mahmood Soomro said that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) could not provide ‘Roti, Kapra Aur Makaam’ despite chanting the slogan for the past 50 years.
He regretted that PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari promises to build three million houses, merely to woo public, but failed construct even 60 houses with Rs60 billion aid for the flood victims.
“The PPP is trying to buy a vote for just Rs5000,” he alleged.
Earlier on January 22, the JUI-F announced to support Saira Bano, the candidate of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) from NA-210 (Sanghar-II) for the general elections 2024.
However, the JUI-F refused to tender its support for the GDA’s candidate for the Sindh Assembly’s PS-44 seat. Saira Bano asked the JUI-F to support the GDA on both national and provincial constituencies.
The GDA candidate also came down heavily on the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) over its ‘corruption’ in Sindh for the past 15 years. “PPP has been looting Sindh for last 15 years. How many more years will it loot the province,” Saira Bano asked.
